SecPortal vs Sysdig
delivery workspace vs runtime CNAPP
Sysdig is the runtime-anchored Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) built around Falco, the open-source runtime detection engine the company donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Sysdig Secure reads cloud accounts, container images, Kubernetes workloads, serverless functions, infrastructure-as-code, secrets, identities, and live system-call signal across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and on-prem Kubernetes, then layers cloud posture, workload protection, container security, IaC scanning, secrets, identity and entitlement, vulnerability management with in-use exploitable-package filtering, and cloud detection and response on top of the Falco runtime sensor. The buyer assumption is that the connected cloud workload is the asset of record and the cloud security team needs a runtime-first CNAPP that observes live system-call activity to filter posture noise and detect cloud attacks. SecPortal is a different shape: scoped engagements, manual finding entry, AI report generation, branded client portal, native external and authenticated web scanning, and SAST plus SCA on connected repositories all live inside one workspace. This page is the side-by-side for buyers comparing a Falco-anchored runtime CNAPP across connected cloud workloads to a delivery workspace that scans, reports, and delivers on its own.
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| Feature | SecPortal | Sysdig |
|---|---|---|
| Primary use case | Security delivery workspace with scanning, findings, AI reports, and client portal on one tenant | Runtime-anchored CNAPP that reads connected cloud workloads, observes live Falco system-call signal, and layers CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, vulnerability management, and cloud detection and response on top |
| Engagement model with scope, ROE, and deliverables | Cloud workload, container, and runtime-event model rather than scoped engagement | |
| Client model with onboarding, contacts, and access control | Internal cloud account owner, platform team, and developer model | |
| Branded white-label client portal on your subdomain | ||
| Built-in external vulnerability scanning (16 modules) | Cloud-side external attack surface visibility scoped to connected accounts; not a generic external perimeter scanner outside the cloud surface | |
| Authenticated web application scanning (DAST) | ||
| Code scanning (SAST/SCA via Semgrep) | Code-side coverage focuses on IaC, secrets, and container-image package SCA paired with runtime in-use filtering | |
| Falco-anchored runtime workload protection across cloud and Kubernetes | ||
| Cloud security posture management (CSPM) | ||
| Container and Kubernetes runtime threat detection from live system calls | ||
| Cloud identity and entitlement management (CIEM) | ||
| Cloud detection and response (CDR) on live runtime events | ||
| In-use package filtering for container vulnerability prioritisation | ||
| Subdomain enumeration and external attack surface discovery outside cloud accounts | ||
| Manual finding entry with full editor | ||
| AI-powered narrative report generation (executive, technical, remediation) | Runtime dashboards, Sysdig Sage AI assistant for incident triage, and policy-violation views rather than engagement-shaped narrative deliverables | |
| 300+ finding templates with remediation guidance | Vendor-mapped runtime and posture findings with developer remediation guidance | |
| CVSS 3.1 vector parsing and auto-scoring | CVSS plus Sysdig in-use exploitable-package weighting that downranks unloaded packages | |
| Scanner result import (Nessus, Burp Suite, CSV) | CNAPP-native ingestion plus connectors into ticketing and CI/CD | |
| Encrypted credential vault for authenticated scans (AES-256-GCM) | Cloud-API plus runtime-agent-based access; no credential vault for non-cloud-API scanning | |
| Continuous scheduled scanning cadence (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly) | Continuous agent-driven assessment plus live runtime telemetry against connected cloud surfaces | |
| Retest workflow paired to original finding | Re-evaluation through the next agent reading or the next runtime-event window on the connected workload | |
| Exception register with documented decision chain | Policy waiver workflow against runtime or posture findings; not a per-finding exception decision chain | |
| Compliance framework templates | 21 frameworks including OWASP, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, OWASP API Security Top 10, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, MITRE ATT&CK, DORA, NIS2, CIS Controls, and Essential Eight | Compliance dashboards across PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, CIS Benchmarks, NIST CSF, and similar mapped against ingested cloud and runtime evidence |
| Integrated invoicing and Stripe Connect payments for engagements | ||
| Activity audit trail with CSV export | Platform audit logs and runtime event history inside the Sysdig console | |
| MFA enforcement on every workspace | SSO and IdP-driven controls | |
| Free plan available | ||
| Pricing model | Free, Pro, Team | Sales-led, workload-and-host-count licensing with separately priced runtime, posture, and vulnerability bundles |
| Setup time | 2 minutes | Cloud account onboarding plus runtime-agent deployment across each cluster, node, or serverless surface plus policy calibration |
| Best fit for | AppSec teams, internal security teams, vulnerability management teams, product security teams, pentest firms, MSSPs, and consultancies that scan, record, report, and deliver findings from one workspace | Cloud security and platform engineering teams operating Kubernetes-heavy AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI estates that need a Falco-anchored runtime CNAPP across workloads, containers, identities, posture, vulnerability management, and cloud detection and response |
SecPortal vs Sysdig: delivery workspace vs runtime CNAPP
Sysdig is the runtime-anchored platform in the Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) category. The product is built around Falco, the open-source runtime detection engine Sysdig donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation in 2018. Sysdig Secure reads cloud accounts, container images, Kubernetes workloads, serverless functions, infrastructure-as-code, secrets, identities, and live system-call signal across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and on-prem Kubernetes, then layers cloud security posture management (CSPM), cloud workload protection (CWPP), container security, IaC scanning, vulnerability management with in-use exploitable package filtering, identity and entitlement, and cloud detection and response on top of the Falco runtime sensor. The buyer assumption is that the connected cloud workload is the asset of record and the cloud security team needs a runtime-first platform that observes live system-call activity to filter posture noise and detect cloud attacks.
SecPortal is a different category. SecPortal is a security delivery workspace that carries scoped engagements, manual and scanner-driven findings, AI-generated reports, a branded client portal, and an audit trail all on one tenant. The buyer is a penetration testing firm, an MSSP, a consultancy, an AppSec team, a vulnerability management team, or an in-house security function whose work spans more than the cloud workload surface and whose deliverables go to external clients, business units, or auditors. If you are comparing a Falco-anchored runtime CNAPP that watches cloud workloads to a delivery workspace that scans, reports, and delivers on its own, this page is the side-by-side. The adjacent CNAPP and cloud security comparisons buyers evaluate alongside Sysdig are SecPortal vs Wiz, SecPortal vs Orca Security, SecPortal vs Prisma Cloud, SecPortal vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and SecPortal vs Tenable.io.
Where Sysdig stops for engagement, manual finding, and delivery work
These are not Sysdig-specific criticisms; they are properties of a runtime-anchored CNAPP when you compare it to running scoped engagements, manual reviews, external and authenticated web scanning, AI report writing, and branded delivery on a single workspace.
Built as a Falco-anchored runtime CNAPP, not a delivery workspace
Sysdig Secure is a runtime-anchored Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) built around Falco, the open-source runtime detection engine the company donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. The platform reads cloud accounts, container images, Kubernetes workloads, serverless functions, infrastructure-as-code, secrets, identities, and live system-call signal across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and on-prem Kubernetes, then layers cloud posture, workload protection, container security, IaC scanning, vulnerability management with in-use exploitable-package filtering, identity and entitlement, and cloud detection and response on top of the Falco runtime sensor. The buyer assumption is that the connected cloud workload is the asset of record and the cloud security team needs a runtime-first platform that observes live system-call activity to filter posture noise and detect cloud attacks. SecPortal is a different shape: scoped engagements, manual finding entry, AI report generation, branded client portal, native external and authenticated web scanning, and SAST plus SCA on connected repositories all live inside one workspace.
No engagement, scope, or deliverable model
Sysdig is organised around the cloud workload, the container, the runtime event, and the developer-routed remediation. There is no scoped engagement record with a kickoff, a defined target list, a final report, and a closure date. If the work you ship is a penetration test, a vulnerability assessment, an external attack surface programme, an AppSec code review, a third-party security review, or a compliance audit with a contract scope and a deliverable, Sysdig does not carry that record. SecPortal does, on the same workspace as the scanner, the report generator, and the client portal.
No branded client portal on your subdomain
Sysdig output lives inside the Sysdig console and inside developer and ticketing surfaces (pull requests, Jira tickets, chat messages, SIEM forwards). There is no white-label portal a security team or consultancy can hand to an external client, a business unit, or an auditor under their own brand. SecPortal serves a branded client portal on a tenant subdomain so every finding, retest, remediation thread, and report download lives under your name rather than under a vendor name.
No native pentest, manual finding, or narrative report workflow
Sysdig produces runtime-driven detections, posture findings, vulnerability rankings filtered by in-use exploitability, container image scan results, and Sysdig Sage AI assistance for incident triage, but it does not draft narrative pentest reports, accept manual finding entry from a tester or reviewer outside the cloud surface, or generate executive summaries and remediation roadmaps that go to a board, an auditor, or an external client. SecPortal supports manual finding entry with a full editor, drafts executive, technical, and remediation deliverables from the live findings record, and pairs every retest to the original finding so the closure record holds up under audit.
No external perimeter or authenticated web scanning that sits outside the cloud surface
Sysdig is built around the cloud workload and the runtime agent. The platform reads cloud APIs, scans container images and IaC at build, and watches live system-call signal inside connected workloads through the Falco agent, but it does not run external vulnerability scans against an internet-facing perimeter that lives outside the cloud accounts you have connected, and it does not run authenticated web application scans against a logged-in non-cloud-native application. SecPortal runs 16 external scanner modules across DNS, TLS, ports, headers, technology, subdomain enumeration, path probing, and CVE matching on any verified domain, plus 17 authenticated web scanner modules against any logged-in target.
Sales-led pricing tied to workload and host count
Sysdig pricing is sales-led and licensed by cloud workload, host, and runtime-agent count, with a contract floor and separately priced bundles for posture, runtime, vulnerability management, and cloud detection and response. The runtime sensor has to be deployed on every cluster, node, or serverless surface the team wants to watch. SecPortal pricing is published on the website with a free plan, monthly Pro and Team tiers, and no annual contract floor for the Pro and Team tiers.
How a runtime CNAPP and a delivery workspace see the same problem differently
Runtime-anchored CNAPP is a useful framing for cloud workload exposure plus detection, but the buyer should be clear-eyed about what a Falco-anchored cloud-side platform gives you and where the engagement, manual finding, and delivery workflow has to go instead. The contrast below is between a runtime CNAPP that derives value from pairing posture with live system-call signal on the connected workloads and a delivery workspace that holds the engagement record on the tenant where the operators run.
A runtime-anchored CNAPP filters cloud-side risk through live system-call signal
Sysdig and similar runtime-anchored CNAPP platforms start from the assumption that the cloud workload is the asset of record and that the highest-fidelity signal for what actually matters at runtime comes from live system-call activity. Falco watches process execution, syscall patterns, file-system writes, network connections, container drift, and Kubernetes API events inside connected clusters, and the in-use exploitable-package filter downranks vulnerabilities whose containing packages are never loaded at runtime. The economic value comes from one platform that pairs posture and vulnerability findings with runtime exploitability so the backlog routed to developers is shorter, more credible, and runtime-anchored. The product is the cloud-side exposure plus detection layer that sits on top of the cloud APIs and on the workload.
A delivery workspace owns the engagement and finding record from scope to closure
SecPortal does not assume that a runtime-anchored cloud-side platform is the right shape for every kind of security work. The workspace runs scoped engagements, supports manual finding entry from a tester or reviewer, runs its own external and authenticated web scanning plus code scanning on connected repositories, calibrates severity through CVSS 3.1 with environmental adjustment, ships AI-generated executive, technical, and remediation deliverables, and serves the report and the live findings through a branded client portal on a tenant subdomain. The same record holds for a scoped pentest, a continuous vulnerability assessment, an AppSec code review, a third-party security review, and an external attack surface programme.
The right answer depends on whether the runtime is the work or the work goes wider than the runtime
If the team is a cloud security or platform engineering function operating multi-cluster Kubernetes on AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI, the bottleneck is filtering vulnerability and posture noise through live runtime signal so developers act on what is actually running, and the buyer needs a Falco-anchored platform that watches system calls inside the workload, a runtime-anchored CNAPP like Sysdig is the right shape. If the team is a penetration testing firm, an MSSP, a consultancy, an AppSec team, a vulnerability management team, or an in-house security function whose work spans pentest engagements, manual finding entry, external perimeter scanning, authenticated web testing, code scanning, AI report writing, and branded client delivery, a delivery workspace like SecPortal is the right shape. Many enterprises run both: the runtime CNAPP for the workload-side detection layer and a delivery workspace for the engagement, finding, and report lifecycle that sits beside it.
Who each platform is the right fit for
Sysdig and SecPortal solve different problems for different buyers. The honest answer is that the right tool depends on whether the work is runtime-anchored cloud workload exposure plus detection or scoped engagements, manual review, external scanning, and branded delivery on one workspace. Many enterprises run both, with the runtime CNAPP carrying the workload-side detection layer and the delivery workspace carrying the engagement record beside it.
Sysdig fits cloud security and platform teams running Kubernetes-heavy estates
If you are a cloud security team or a platform engineering team operating Kubernetes across AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI, the asset of record is the workload and the container, the bottleneck is filtering vulnerability and posture noise through live runtime signal so the backlog routed to developers is anchored to what is actually running, and the team needs a Falco-anchored platform that watches system-call activity inside the workload to pair posture findings with runtime exploitability, Sysdig was built for that runtime-anchored cloud-side shape. The buyer assumption is one CNAPP with a runtime sensor that sits inside the cluster and routes a runtime-filtered backlog through developer and ticketing surfaces.
SecPortal fits teams who run scoped engagements, scan, and ship deliverables
If you are a penetration testing firm, an MSSP, a consultancy, an AppSec team, a vulnerability management team, or an in-house security function whose work covers scoped engagements, manual finding entry, external perimeter scanning, authenticated web testing, code scanning, AI-generated reporting, and branded delivery, SecPortal carries that lifecycle on one tenant. Findings, scans, retests, exception decisions, evidence, and the audit trail all live on the engagement record rather than scattered across a runtime CNAPP console, a separate report generator, a separate scope-of-work template, and a separate portal.
SecPortal fits buyers who deliver findings to clients, business units, or auditors
If you ship reports to external clients, business unit owners, or auditors, and every finding, retest, remediation thread, and report download has to live under your brand on a tenant subdomain rather than under a vendor console, SecPortal is the workspace that holds that record. Sysdig output goes into the Sysdig console and into developer surfaces in the cloud organisation that owns the workloads; it is not a delivery workspace for findings produced outside that cloud surface.
Transparent pricing, no procurement cycle
SecPortal pricing is published on the website and self-service from sign-up. There is no annual contract floor on the Pro or Team tiers, no per-workload licensing model, and no sales call required before you can run a real engagement.
SecPortal Free
Free forever
1 user, 3 clients, 2 engagements per client, 3 AI credits, 6 core scan modules.
SecPortal Pro
From $149/month
All scan modules, 100 clients, 25 AI credits/month, branded client portal, invoicing, compliance tracking.
SecPortal Team
From $299/month
Up to 5 users, 75 AI credits/month, team management, activity audit trail with CSV export, MFA enforcement.
Why teams pick SecPortal alongside or instead of Sysdig
- Run scoped engagements with a kickoff, deliverables, retests, and a final invoice on one record rather than an open-ended runtime backlog inside a CNAPP console
- Scan the perimeter outside the cloud workload model with 16 external modules and 17 authenticated web modules in addition to SAST plus SCA on connected repositories
- Generate executive, technical, and remediation deliverables with Claude from the live findings record
- Enter manual findings from a tester, reviewer, or third-party report into the same record the scanners feed
- Deliver findings through a branded client portal on a tenant subdomain instead of through a vendor runtime-security console
- Pair every retest to the original finding so the closure record holds up under audit
- Document CVSS, EPSS, KEV, asset tier, exposure, and compensating controls on the engagement record so prioritisation is defensible to a board, an auditor, or an application owner
- Map findings across 21 framework templates including OWASP, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, OWASP API Security Top 10, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, MITRE ATT&CK, DORA, NIS2, CIS Controls, and Essential Eight
- Store privileged scan credentials encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and rotate them through the in-product credential vault
- Invoice clients or business units directly from the engagement record through Stripe Connect
- Start on the free plan and upgrade without a workload-count audit, a host-count audit, or a sales call for the higher tier
Related reading
If you are evaluating how to run an in-house cloud security or vulnerability management programme alongside or instead of a runtime-anchored CNAPP, the pages below cover the workflows, signals, and adjacent comparisons that come up most often.
- CNAPP explained for the category-level explainer of what a CNAPP covers, how the sub-disciplines (CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, KSPM, IaC, container) fit together, and where the runtime-anchored variant came from.
- KSPM explained for the Kubernetes posture sub-category that sits inside the CNAPP umbrella alongside the runtime sensor.
- SecPortal for cloud security teams for the audience page that lays out the verify-connect-store-schedule-triage-report loop on the cloud-hosted application surface.
- Cloud security assessment workflow for the workflow view of running cloud security assessments on the engagement record.
- Cloud security assessment guide for the long-form playbook on how to scope and run a cloud security assessment.
- Kubernetes penetration testing guide for the engagement-side checklist that complements continuous runtime CNAPP monitoring with scoped offensive testing inside Kubernetes clusters.
- Risk-based vulnerability management buyer guide for the category-level evaluation guide that names the four product shapes (analytics layer, single-vendor exposure, ITSM-tied response, engagement-record workspace) and where a runtime CNAPP fits.
- Reachability analysis for vulnerability prioritisation for the deeper explainer of how in-use, reachable, and load-time signals downrank vulnerable packages that never execute.
- Vulnerability prioritisation for the operational workflow that captures CVSS, EPSS, KEV, asset tier, and exposure into a defensible queue.
- Scanner result triage for ingesting Nessus, Burp, and CSV output into the same findings record that SecPortal native scanners feed.
- Container image vulnerability remediation workflow for the operational workflow of moving container-image findings from scan to fixed across base-image rebuilds and downstream rebakes.
- Security tool consolidation for the operational rationale behind which security tools sit on which side of the cloud boundary.
- Security tool coverage overlap for the catalogue-level coverage matrix across SAST, SCA, DAST, container, IaC, secrets, ASM, CNAPP, pentest, and bug bounty.
- Vulnerability management programme maturity model for the maturity scaffold that frames whether a runtime CNAPP, a delivery workspace, or both are the next investment.
- ISO 27017 cloud security controls for the cloud-specific control set that audit-side stakeholders read against the cloud security programme.
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